Internet anonymity in Michigan

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Paul Alan Levy <plevy () citizen org>
> Date: December 7, 2016 at 4:39:47 PM EST
> To: "dave () farber net" <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Internet anonymity in Michigan
>
> A panel of the Michigan court of appeals has issued another one of its maddeningly narrow decisions protecting 
> anonymous Internet speakers – in this case, scientists engaged in anonymous post-publication peer review of a 
> scientist’s descriptions of about his research, which, in the eyes of many, reflected sloppiness or even professional 
> misconduct – but refusing to address the broader question of the standards to be applied in future cases.  Each of 
> the three appellate rulings handed down so far has protected the Doe at issue, and that’s great, but I worry that the 
> failure to lay down a frankly protective standard makes it harder for Doe speakers to defend themselves and increases 
> the amount of lawyer time needed to mount a defense
>
> http://pubcit.typepad.com/clpblog/2016/12/michigan-court-of-appeals-again-protects-online-anonymity-again-without-adopting-fully-protective-st.html
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> Paul Alan Levy
> Public Citizen Litigation Group
> 1600 20th Street, NW
> Washington, D.C. 20009
> (202) 588-7725
> http://www.citizen.org/Page.aspx?pid=396
> Twitter:  @paulalanlevy
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